集体效率和感知到的COVID-19严重程度预测了准备和响应行为:对交叉脆弱的大学生进行了纵向研究
Marcela C Weber1,2, Jeffrey M Pavlacic3, Victoria A Torres4
1South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
|June 7, 2023
概括
灾难准备是通过感知严重程度和集体有效性来提高的,而不是恐惧. 公共卫生信息应专注于社区的信心和准确的风险感知,以改善流行病应对行为.
科学领域:
- 应对灾害的准备和应对.
- 公共卫生干预措施 公共卫生干预措施
- 易受伤害的人口群体
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的爆发,人们越来越需要支持受灾害影响的弱势群体,包括国际学生和住房不安全的学生.
- 现有的文献在了解灾难准备和应对行为 (PPRBs) 的预测因素方面存在差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查集体和自我效能对PPRBs的增量影响.
- 为了区分恐惧的影响与灾难的严重程度.
- 为了澄清恐惧和准备之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在美国一所大学对54名交叉弱势学生及其伴侣进行了纵向调查.
- 从2020年5月到10月的14个波段收集的数据.
- 评估疫情准备/应对行为 (PPRB) 和预测因素,包括恐惧,感知严重程度,集体有效性和自我有效性.
主要成果:
- 在人体内感知到的严重程度和集体疗效显著预测了更大的PPRBs.
- 没有发现对PPRBs的恐惧或自我有效性的显著影响.
- 感知到的严重程度和集体疗效在整个流行病期间呈现波动.
结论:
- 感知到的严重程度和集体有效性是参与流行病准备和应对行为的关键驱动因素.
- 公共卫生信息应该优先考虑集体有效性和准确的风险传播,而不是基于恐惧的策略.
- 通过专注于社区信心和现实的威胁评估,可以改善干预措施.
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